Joel’s podcasting hero, Jay Pod Vader Soderberg, joins the podcast to talk about his career in media, radio, podcating and life in and out of companies like ESPN, Blog Talk Radio, Spreaker and more.

'Podcasts don't have a "middle" ... radio is nothing but "middle."'

Pod Vader was the backbone of ESPN’s launch into podcasting producing dozens of shows at once and featuring in many of them on-air as well as behind the scenes. At the top of his field and working for the biggest player in the space, he leapt out to help independent producers with Blog Talk Radio (now Voxnest) helping small shows, big shows and everything in between make money right away using dynamic advertising.

Starting the next phase of his career, we look over all of his jobs and experiences while speculating about what’s next in the podcast space. To hear from Jay regularly, find The Next FanUp podcast or follow him on Twitter at @TheRealPodVader

Join us for a great conversation about radio, podcasting, the audio industry and more.

Our full re-review of Ivy Envy is here! We got a chance to chat with Corey Fineran, one of Ivy Envy's hosts about their history, their show and their future. You can enjoy that as a video stream, or catch the chat as part of this special bonus episode of Always Listening.

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In this episode, Josh and Joel talk about Randy and Jason Sklar's sorta kinda sports show, "Sklarbro Country". One of the earliest members of the Earwolf network, "Sklarbro Country" is a weekly comedic sports show that the comedic brothers Sklar have been hosting since August of 2010.